Is this a thing? My just turned 11 month old has become too cool for bottles, except her nighttime one. She was on a 6am, 10am, 2pm, 7pm schedule. She is refusing to drink more than a couple ounces at 6am and 10am. She eats a very substantial breakfast at 8am and lunch at 11:30am.
She eats yogurt and cheese and drinks lots of water, so from a nutrient and hydration standpoint I feel OK.
I think I'm just going to start offering a sippy cup of milk at 6am. Any other ideas? Tell me this is normal?
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
My LO dropped her afternoon bottles around 11.5 months. I think teething had something to do with it. But she still drank her morning and night till we went cold turkey on bottles once she turned 1.
pear / 1718 posts
@Smurfette: Thanks for sharing! Did you just skip the afternoon bottles all together then? Or did you try to get milk in her via sippy cup?
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
My son started fighting his bottles at 9 months and we were fighting to get him to take 12oz a day. By 11 months we just gave him a 2oz snack bottle to suck on while we were prepping his breakfast and moved to straw cups completely. He still didn't love formula or milk in the cup but after a while he just got used to it. Ped said to shoot for 8-12oz of milk a day after 1 and that's where we are more or less, plus as much water as he wants.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@SweetCaroline: we gave a sippy with milk. Then upped her afternoon snack since it took her a couple weeks to really drink much in sippy's.
nectarine / 2521 posts
At this age my LO went to 2 bottles a day, morning and after dinner. I didn't offer milk until after 12 months , and instead gave a sippy cup of water and made sure he ate yogurt and cheese during the day.
pomegranate / 3393 posts
My son did this at 7 or 8 months. Not cool on days I had to go to work!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I would capitalize on it and start offering a sippy of milk instead. I reduced nursing around 11m!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
LO 2 dropped all bottles at 10.5 months. She was already using a straw cup for water so I just put pumped BM into the cups.
eggplant / 11861 posts
I'd run with it and make sure you at least offer it in a sippy for meals 
pomegranate / 3355 posts
My DD self weaned from bottles at 11 months. We just used sippy cups of milk... it was a very easy transition
grapefruit / 4418 posts
DD definitely cut down her bottles on her own around 10 months - she went from drinking 12oz of breast milk to only 8-10 oz at daycare. She still nursed like a champ though for a long time after that. I just followed her lead and it was an easy transition to a straw cup of WCM. She gets a 12oz cup of WCM a day and usually drinks 8-10oz of it. She gets plenty of cheese and yogurt, so I figure she's just fine! I would definitely take advantage of the self weaning, though! In a few weeks he could change his mind and be all about the bottle and you'll have missed your chance! We did this with pacifiers saw an opportunity and took it- it was so easy!
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